Ever wonder how teens see themselves? If you have acne or are a parent of a teen with acne you've probably wondered how an average teen feels about him/herself. We all want a good self-image but acne can make achieving that doubly hard. How does a teen with acne fare relative to a teen with clear skin when it comes to self-image?

I’ve had a ton of bad days at school. I mean-arrgh!

I’ve used Roaccutane and it made me feel horrible. I had headaches and mood swings.  It was bad enough that I quit using it, so I never will know if it would have helped me or not.

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Problems taking care of teen acne are common.  We know that.  Billions of teens all over the world are affected by acne and still others continue to have it into adulthood. 

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This post is somewhat serious, but I feel we all need to be very aware of the severe impacts than teen acne can have on lives and families. 

If you’ve never had teen acne it might be easy to underestimate how hard it is to cope with breakouts, scarring, social phobias and insecurity.

Most adults realize that their teen will eventually outgrow their skin problems, but the child might feel that teen acne is there for eternity.  

Teenage skin can be problematic and so can the teen mind. This week CNN reported how a Greencreek, Idaho mother, Elaine Sonnen, turned her 16 year old son in to medical professionals for making a “hit-list” of children at Prairie High School in Cottonwood, Idaho that picked on or annoyed him. It was Richard Sonnen’s intention to kill them, he said.